241 cXLIX. SCITAMINEG. (J, G. Baker.) [ Zingiler. 
lanceolate, corolla-segments red, lip oblong much spotted and streaked 
with red on a pale ground, basal auricles small rounded. Rose. Scit, t. 95; 
Horan. Prodr. 28. 
Knasta HiLrs, H. f. & T. (Herb. Ind. Or. 10), Clarke. BENGAL; Rungpore, 
Hamilton. . 
Leafy stem stout, 6-8 ft. Leaves 12 by 4-5 in. or more. Spike vers is) 
globose ; peduncle 1-4 in.; inner bracts 1} in. Coro la- tube as long as 1 e corolla- 
segments 1 in., lanceolate, subequal, bright red. Lip nearly as long as t ` ts and 
segments, yellowish-white, copiously spotted and streaked with minute od 
lines of red-purple. Stamen as long as the lip, beak of the anther bright rec. 
3. Z. roseum, Rosc. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 348; Scit. Pi. ed 
leaves pubescent beneath, bracts pale red outer ovate inner lances wt 
corolla-segments pale red, lip oblong-cuneate whitish unspotted, ; a 
auricles very small yellow rounded. Roch, in Asiat. Res. xi, 347, m 
Ind. i. 50; Wall. Cat. 6570; Horan. Prodr. 28. Amomum roseum, 
Roxb. Coromand, Pl. t. 126. 
NORTHERN Circars, Roxburgh. Jande 
Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 8-12 by 3-4 in. Spike very dense, oblong; pe Lin 
very short; inner bracts 14-2 in. Corolla-tube whitish, 2 in. ; segments in 
lanceolate, subequal. Lip shorter than the corolla-segments; margins recurve 
crisped. Stamens arching over the lip and equalling it in length; beak as long * 
the anther, as in the other species. 
4. Z. Nimmonii, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Rot. iv.(1859) 341; we 
pubescent beneath, bracts red-striped linear-oblong or Janceolate, aan 
segments reddish-yellow, lip yellow emarginate, basal auricles $m 
rounded. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 273; Horan. Prodr. 28, Alpinia Nm 
monii, Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 206. 
CONCANS ; common in the mountains, Nimmo, Da/zell. Jobose ; 
Leaf stem 4-5 ft. Leaves 1-1} ft., €-12 by 2-3 in. broad. Spikes subglo 2n 
peduncle very short; bracts glabrous, 1-1} in. Corol/a-tube as long as the Wir size 
segments lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, faintly emarginate. Capsule the 
of a pigeon’s egg.—Nearly allied to Z. panduratum. 
9. Z. Wightianum, Thw. Enum. 315; leaves pubescent beneat 
bracts green outer ovate inner lanceolate, corolla-segments pa ae es 
obovate-cuneate pale yellow veined and spotted with purple, basal aur! 
small ovate. Z. squarrosum, Wight Ic. t. 2004, non Roxb. in 
TRAVANCORE; abundant in the Anamallay forests, &c. CEYLON; common 
the forests up to 4000 ft. ‘i an oblong 
Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves 12-18 by 3-4 in., oblong-lanceolate. Spikes ^e 
or subglobose ; peduncle very short; flower-bracts 1} in., pubescent. Coro s the 
as long ss the bract; segments subequal, under 1 in. Lip nearly as long as in 
corolla-segments, emarginate. Stamen shorter than the lip, arching over it, minal 
the other species, Capsule 1 in.—In a specimen from Thwaites the spike is ter 
on the leafy stem, thus connecting sections Cryptanthium and Dymezewiczi4- 
6. Z. barbatum, Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. t. 55; Cat. 6567 ; pin 
pubescent beneath, bracts reddish-green ovate cuspidate, corolla-segr a j 
whitish, lip obovate-cuneate white emarginate, basal auricles very § 
Horan. Prodr. 28. 
Burma, Wallich. Preu, McClelland. . dense; 
Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves oblong, 6-8 by 14-2 in. Spike 13-2 in. very, 
all 
ovoid; peduncle very short; bracts l in., ovate with a large green Cusp, hairy 
